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Approval Order StatementAPPROVAL FOR THE CORMET HIP RESURFACING SYSTEM. THE CORMET HIP RESURFACING SYSTEM IS A SINGLE USE DEVICE INTENDED FOR HYBRID FIXATION: CEMENTED FEMORAL HEAD AND CEMENTLESS ACETABULAR COMPONENT. THE DEVICE IS INTENDED FOR USE IN RESURFACING HIP ARTHROPLASTY FOR REDUCTION OR RELIEF OF PAIN AND/OR IMPROVED HIP FUNCTION IN SKELETALLY MATURE PATIENTS HAVING THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: 1) NON-INFLAMMATORY DEGENERATIVE ARTHRITIS SUCH AS OSTEOARTHRITIS AND AVASCULAR NECROSIS; 2) INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS SUCH AS RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. THE CORMET HIP RESURFACING SYSTEM IS INTENDED FOR PATIENTS WHO, DUE TO THEIR RELATIVELY YOUNGER AGE OR INCREASED ACTIVITY LEVEL, MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR TRADITIONAL TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY DUE TO AN INCREASED POSSIBILITY OF REQUIRING IPSILATERAL HIP JOINT REVISION.